Cristina Parker, Burton-on-TrentPrivatisation only helps the shareholders.
June Sutherby, PocklingtonPrivatisation for profit is obscene, selfish, greedy and undemocratic.
Steve King, Royal Tunbridge WellsWe need to do something because soon Kent to Manchester will cost over
Anthony Gaunt, NottinghamThe free market has failed.
John Rich, ElyEnough of rip-off train operating companies and greedy leasing companies. Let’s get back to a public service on the rails.
David Glover, Chipping NortonWhy should we continue to put up with over inflation prices with profits going to the rich rather than being invested in providing a better train service.
David Latimer, MineheadBR was privatised for one reason only – to take infrastructure owned by the people and put it into the hands of the bankers and fat cats like Branson – total greed!
Alex Wilson, Newcastle-upon-TyneEven though I’m a Conservative, I think that it would be right if British Rail came back into being, the whole thing is a mess and it won’t end well.
Sophie Ramsay, LondonI love trains but I hate how much they cost these days. It’s pretty hard to persuade people to be climate-friendly when planes are often cheaper.
David Treasurer, CanterburyAll public services should be run for people not profit.
Andrew Foulds, LeicesterDue to the crazy price increases in recent years, far outstripping my wage rises, rail travel is simply not a viable alternative to my car for commute or leisure.
Ann Petherick, YorkPrivatisation has failed. Something as important as the railway system needs to be publicly-owned for the sake of coherence, efficiency and safety.
Neil Floate, NottinghamBring back British Rail.
David Bonner, HarrowTwenty years of private incompetence. It’s time to re-nationalise.
Tim Pennington, LondonWhen is enough profit enough? Travelling by train is becoming unaffordable.
Daniel Hadley, BrightonPrivatisation has been shown again and again to make public services worse, not better. Railways are not set up for a competitive market.
Adrian Wood, BridportLet us all join together and have this mess sorted out once and for all.
Bob McNair, KilbarchanBritish Rail needed a shake up, not privatisation – ex Railway Signalling Instructor.
Kester Park, YorkThe rail network’s commitment to above inflation price rises proves privatisation has failed the people of Britain. It needs to end now.
Nancy NealSending good wishes from across the pond for success in your fight for a British Rail run for people, not profit.
Tom McGuinness, BourneI am a frequent traveller and believe that the fragmentation of the system causes waste and inefficiency. Blame John Major.
Nicholas Roscoe, SheffieldManaged properly, nothing should be able to beat a nationalised rail industry.
Daniel Cotfas, LondonKill Southern dead.
Paul Baskeyfield, Church StrettonEnd the crazy ticket price lottery and bring back direct trains from Shrewsbury to London.
Jeff Zie, DorkingI’m sick of seeing profiteering from our infrastructure.
Peter King, EdinburghSelling the profitable East Coast route to German state railways seems daft.
Terry Grimley, BirminghamThe kind of people who complain about the bureaucracy of the EU are the same kind of people who designed the Byzantine complexity of Britain’s privatised railway.
Deb Davy, DoncasterWho would have thought such a run-down organisation could be preferred to the farce we have now?
John Richard Jones, PrestonBritish Rail had more flexibility with tickets and better value. It was better all round.
David Knox, TodmordenIt’s a ridiculously complicated system that is frankly embarrassing to explain to visitors. There is no logic. Bring back a normalised ticketing system that makes sense.